Each year, the CSCC invites leading experts to Penn to present their research and share their knowledge about contemporary China. Typically scheduled for Wednesday afternoons 4:30-6 pm, speakers will deliver their remarks and then entertain questions from the audience. Attendance is open to the entire Penn community. Announcements about upcoming talks will be posted on the CSCC website and disseminated via the Center’s listserv. To be added to the listserv, please visit our signup page https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/cscc-announce.
Upcoming Speaker Series
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Peng Peng, Assistant Professor of Political Science & Global Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Yanbai Andrea Wang, Assistant Professor of Law, Penn Carey Law
Pensions and the Politics of Retirement Age Reform in China
Mark Frazier, Professor of Politics, New School for Social Research
Raising legal retirement ages, also known as retirement age reform, is politically contentious worldwide, but it should be more easily pursued in non-democratic regimes that can effectively deter opponents from…
The Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China
Shitong Qiao, Professor of Law, Duke University
Based on six-year fieldwork across China including over 200 in-depth interviews, Qiao’s new book The…
China and Climate Change: Transnational Science, Politics, and Policy in Historical Perspectives
Zuoyue Wang, Professor of History, California State Polytechnic University
Negotiating Legality: Chinese Companies in the US Legal System
Ji Li, John S. & Marilyn Long Chair of US-China Business and Law, UC Irvine
Despite escalating geopolitical rivalry, the US and China continue to be economically intertwined. Numerous Chinese companies have made substantial investments in the US and are reluctant to exit this strategically…
From Empire to Nation-State: War, Emulation, and National Identity in China
Jie Yang, Professor of Anthropology, Simon Fraser University
This article examines when, why, and how national identity emerged in China. We argue that war acted as a catalyst for two distinct psychological mechanisms: enmity (humiliation and other negative emotions) and…
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Elizabeth Wishnick, Senior Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Past Speaker Series
China’s Economic Statecraft in North Korea
Dr. James Reilly, Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Since 2005, Chinese officials have successfully encouraged Chinese companies to expand trade and investment in North Korea through diplomatic support, infrastructure projects, foreign aid, and investment…
East Asian Regionalism, China, and US: is the Pacific wide enough for US and China?
Shiping Tang, Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai, China
Terrorism Challenges in China
Phil Potter, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
The Chinese government is increasingly challenged by mounting problems with militancy and terrorism emanating from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. China’s economic and political emergence has…
Understanding the Event-Transformed Social Structure of Sino-Japanese Relations
Ming Wan, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University
The contemporary Sino-Japanese relationship can best be understood as being shaped by the social structures the two nations have constructed, which continue to be challenged by material and ideational forces. The…
(CANCELLED) Coercive Institutions and State Violence Under Authoritarianism
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Why do we observe widely differing patterns of repression and state violence under authoritarian rule? Drawing on evidence from East Asia, I argue that the design of authoritarian coercive…
Cybersecurity and US-China Relations
James Mulvenon, Vice President, Intelligence Division, Defense Group Inc.
Cyber issues, including industrial espionage, Internet censorship, technology protectionism, and network warfare, are now at the top of the US-China strategic agenda. Dr. James Mulvenon, author of …
Promoting Social Progress in China Through NGOs
Song Qinghua, President of Shining Stone Community Action (SSCA)
Song Qinghua is a renowned NGO leader and president of Shining Stone Community Action, the NGO she founded in 2002. Song Qinghua has been focusing on social innovation and participatory governance since 2002…
China and International Human Rights
Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch
Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. A graduate of the University of Virginia, the Hopkins-Nanjing Program, and Oberlin College, Dr. Richardson is the…
Rights Protections Lawyers in China
Thomas Kellogg, Open Society Foundations
Thomas Kellogg is director of the East Asia Program at the Open Society Foundations. He is also a lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School. At the Open Society Foundations, Kellogg focuses most closely on…
The Rights Defense Movement and Political Transition in China
Teng Biao, Human Rights Attorney
Dr. Teng Biao (滕彪) is a Lecturer at China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, where he specializes in human rights, the judicial system, the constitution and social movements.…
